啦啦队 (lā lā duì) — cheerleading squad | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cheerleading squad

Measure word · 支

Examples

啦啦队。
Tā men xué xiào de lā lā duì fēi cháng shòu huān yíng.
Their school's cheerleading squad is very popular.
啦啦队。
Tā mèng xiǎng chéng wéi lā lā duì de yì yuán.
She dreams of becoming a member of the cheerleading squad.
啦啦队。
lā lā duì De biǎo yǎn ràng guān zhòng hěn xīng fèn.
The cheerleading squad's performance got the audience very excited.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

啦啦la-la

啦lāla啦lāla

重叠Reduplication

The chant 啦啦 and 队 together name a group that cheers.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口拉啦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

拉

Same sound today

啦 pairs 口 (mouth) with 拉, which gives the pronunciation lā. The 口 part points to the mouth.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口拉啦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

拉

Same sound today

啦 pairs 口 (mouth) with 拉, which gives the pronunciation lā. The 口 part points to the mouth.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

㒸

㒸㒸隊duì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

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